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Housing Assistance

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Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) - Eviction help for San Bernardino County residents

Eligibility & When to Apply         

We regret to inform our clients that the Emergency Rental Assistance Program is currently not accepting applications due to a lack of funding for the year. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Please check back regularly, as we will update this page if funding becomes available, and applications reopen.

Thank you for your understanding.

Applicant Information & Eligibility

To be eligible, a tenant's household is obligated to pay rent on a residential dwelling and meet the following requirements:

  1. Be a resident of San Bernardino County, regardless of immigration status.

  2. One or more individuals within the household have experienced a loss of employment, reduction in household income, incurred significant costs, or experienced a financial hardship in the past 12 months and can provide supporting documentation

  3. Have unpaid rent owed to the current landlord in the past 12 months

  4. Current household income is at or below 200% of the 2024 Federal Poverty Guidelines

  5. Submission of an application to the program does not guarantee that you will receive assistance

  6. Applications must be completed fully or it will not be considered

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*Participants of Section 8 or public housing are not eligible to apply to this program.

 

Prioritization

 

Priority will be given to the applicants from households that meet the eligibility criteria below.  Applicants that do not meet the eligibility criteria will have to reapply at a later date.

​​​​​​​Applications will be selected based on our prioritization scale listed below. 

  • Households with minor children, seniors aged 65 and above or people with disabilities.

  • Households that are paying more than 50% of the total household income for rent each month.

  • Households that are at higher risk of becoming homeless include but are not limited to households with past due rent, a 90/30-day notice or a 3-Day pay or quit notice.

  • Households for whom up to 3 months rent will satisfy their entire debt for the unit they currently inhabit, or who have entered into an agreement to repay the remaining balance affordably.

 

Payment

 

The program will pay up to a maximum of 3 months of past due rent.  Financial assistance will only be payable to the landlord of the rental property.

For more information, contact us:

Family Development (909) 723-1558

Monday- Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m

fdpservices@capsbc.org

 

696 S. Tippecanoe Ave, San Bernardino, CA 92408-2607

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